NEWS OF THE WEIRD: LIVE and More Set for American Stage Theatre's 'After Hours' Events, March 2013

American Stage Theatre Company has announced its After Hours events this March with everything from the comedy improv to cabaret music at its best. This month the stage will have five entertaining events.

SUNDAY COMEDY SERIES:
Hawk and Wayne's News of the Weird: LIVE
An improv comedy show based on Chuck Shepherd's nationally-syndicated column.
Sunday, March 3 @ 8pm

Ever wonder what happened to that guy who ate the other guy's face in Miami? What about the lady that drove all night in a diaper? Or even the crocodile that was found attacking a pair of crocs...shoes? Using some of the stories from Chuck Sheperd's nationally syndicated News of the Weird column, critically acclaimed comedy duo Hawk & Wayne bring you their most original, hilarious and truly weirdest improv comedy show ever. Come by and prepare to laugh at stuff that writes itself and is destined for a good comedy scene. First Sunday of every month running through August 2013.

Tickets: "Pay-What-You-Can" $15 advance ticket purchase (Suggested donation $10-$20 at the door.) Performed in our lobby cabaret, where of course, there will be full cash bar service for all our patrons.

CABARET MUSIC SERIES:
Let's Misbehave!
Exploring the sexier, steamier side of the Great American Songbook
Starring Paul Wilborn and Blue Roses
Featuring Ms. Eugenie Bondurant and Frank Bowman
Friday, March 8 at 8 pm
Saturday, March 9 at 8 pm
Sunday, March 10 at 6 pm

Paul Wilborn continues his exploration of the best American singers and songwriters, accompanied by his infectious piano stylings, his dry wit and his special guests, Ms. Eugenie Bondurant and Frank Bowman. This time, Paul and the band explore the sexy, steamy side of the Great American Songbook. You'll hear hot tunes that enlivened the Broadway stage, nightclubs, the speakeasies, the backstreet bars, show tents and bawdy houses of the 1920s, '30s, '40s and '50s. Composers include Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson, and Rodgers and Hart, and some legendary cocktail party parodies laced with lyrical lust. This show is rated R for Racy!

Tickets: "Pay-What-You-Can" $15 advance ticket purchase (Suggested donation $10-$20 at the door.) Performed in our lobby cabaret, where of course, there will be full cash bar service for all our patrons.

SUNDAY COMEDY SERIES:
WIT Improv
The Most Outrageous Improvised Comedy Troupe in Tampa Bay
Sunday, April 10 @ 8pm

After a million years, Tampa's most outrageous improvised comedy troupe IS BACK! The WIT Improv cast will bring their outlandish brand of short form improvised comedy back to American Stage. Audiences are encouraged to bring open and creative minds to this performance since the entire show is based on their suggestions. This is the purest form of improvisation so who knows what will happen!

Tickets: "Pay-What-You-Can" $15 advance ticket purchase (Suggested donation $10-$20 at the door.) Performed in our lobby cabaret, where of course, there will be full cash bar service for all our patrons.

CABARET DRAMA SERIES:
The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler
A Smash Hit Returns with New Cast Members this Month
Saturday, March 16 @ 8pm
Sunday, March 24 @ 6:30pm

Obie Award-winner Eve Ensler's whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone: The Vagina Monologues introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, and a feminist happy to have found a man who "liked to look at it."